Question

    Landfills are where most of the world’s plastics end up and a fair amount of it ends up in the world’s oceans. But a new British recycling firm wants it to end up here.

There is a great demand right now for recycled material. There’s a great deal of interest in getting recycling into the plastics industry specially, and so we are really going to further the ability to get plastic into the circular economy.

The firm called Recycling Technologies is breaking down plastic, then turning it into fuel oils or raw material to make new plastics. Basically, currently all we do is we make a hydrocarbon soup and then we take the materials out at different temperatures, so the higher temperatures, the waxes separate out, then we cool it a bit more, and the heavy oils then we call it, a bit more the light oils, and then the rest comes out. It’s naphtha, the gases that don’t condense (凝结) out. We actually use the fuel for the process. Their process is creating a heavy fuel oil that works for marine vessels (海洋船舶). We call it a clean material, because it has very little sulfur in it, in fact almost none, which certainly also fits with the new regulations for marine fill, where they’re asking for much lower sulfur around the world. So it’s a very valuable product.

Right now, the firm is recycling about 7,000 tons of plastic a year, but says it can quickly increase. We are designing to a four-day installation (装置). We will basically come in six ice-free containers which will stand on end, fixed together, and we plug in play mode and the aim is to be up and running within four days. So this is definitely not a refinery (提炼厂) concept.

This is much more a piece of stand-alone industrial equipment. The company has set the ambitious goal of selling 1300 of their recycling units around the world during the next decade, and expect they will be able to recycle 9 million tons of plastic each year.

1.From the last sentence of paragraph1 we know that the British recycling firm ______.

A.wants the plastic waste to be kept in landfill

B.wants the plastic waste to be poured in the ocean

C.thinks the plastic waste should be recycled

D.thinks the plastic waste should not be used any more

2.What can we infer from the third paragraph?

A.Plastic can break down by itself.

B.Temperature plays an important role in breaking down plastic.

C.Plastic will be broken down into three matters.

D.Light oil is thought to be clean because it contains little sulfur.

3.Which statement can best describe the four-day recycling installation?

A.It is quite new and difficult to accept.

B.It’s complex and skeptical.

C.It’s helpful and promising.

D.It’s dangerous and unpredictable.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。垃圾填埋场是世界上大部分塑料的最终归宿，也有相当一部分最终流入了海洋，而一家新公司要进一步提高塑料进入循环经济的能力。这家名为“回收技术”的公司正在分解塑料，然后将其转化为燃油或制造新塑料的原材料。他们创造的四天的回收装置很有帮助也很有前途。

1.词义猜测题。根据第二段There is a great demand right now for recycled material. There’s a great deal of interest in getting recycling into the plastics industry specially, and so we are really going to further the ability to get plastic into the circular economy.可知，现在对回收材料的需求很大。人们对塑料工业的回收很感兴趣，所以我们要进一步提高塑料进入循环经济的能力。由此可推知，第一段最后一句But a new British recycling firm wants it to end up here.(但英国一家新的回收公司希望垃圾填埋场能在这里落脚)是想说明英国的回收公司认为塑料垃圾应该被回收。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第三段中Basically, currently all we do is we make a hydrocarbon soup and then we take the materials out at different temperatures, so the higher temperatures, the waxes separate out, then we cool it a bit more, and the heavy oils then we call it, a bit more the light oils, and then the rest comes out.可知，基本上，目前我们所做的就是制作一种碳氢化合物汤，然后在不同的温度下取出这些材料，因此温度越高，蜡就会分离出来，然后我们将其冷却一点再加上重油，我们称之为轻油，再加上轻油，剩下的就出来了。由此可推知，温度在分解塑料中起着重要作用。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第一句Right now, the firm is recycling about 7,000 tons of plastic a year, but says it can quickly increase.可知，目前，该公司每年回收约7000吨塑料，但表示回收数量还会迅速增加。以及最后一段第一句The company has set the ambitious goal of selling 1300 of their recycling units around the world during the next decade, and expect they will be able to recycle 9 million tons of plastic each year.可知，该公司设定了一个雄心勃勃的目标，即在未来十年内，在全球范围内销售1300个回收单元，并希望每年能够回收900万吨塑料。由此可推知，四天的回收装置是很有帮助、很有前途的。故选C。